Carnegie Middle East Governance and Islam Dataset, 1988-2010

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M35F People sometimes talk about the factors that make a person qualified for national leadership. Please state which one of these you, yourself, consider the most important: Role in the national struggle   1) Very important   2) Rather important   3) Not very important   4) Not important at all

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very important	841	25%	25%	-1.43
Rather important	538	16%	41%	-.61
Not very important	606	18%	59%	.2
Not important at all	1382	41%	100%	1.02

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Household income Religion Sex

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24 years old	25-34 years old	35-44 years old	45-54 years old	55-64 years old	65+ years old	TOTAL
Very important	23.5% 271	20.3% 158	24.5% 171	29.9% 126	43.3% 107	12.3% 7	25.0% 840
Rather important	18.9% 218	13.6% 106	14.4% 101	15.2% 64	16.2% 40	15.8% 9	16.0% 538
Not very important	19.4% 224	15.4% 120	19.6% 137	17.3% 73	16.6% 41	19.3% 11	18.0% 606
Not important at all	38.3% 442	50.7% 395	41.5% 290	37.7% 159	23.9% 59	52.6% 30	40.9% 1375
TOTAL	100.0% 1155	100.0% 779	100.0% 699	100.0% 422	100.0% 247	100.0% 57	3359

Education (I-EDUC)

	Illiterate	Elementary and primary (includes elementary school so goes from first grade to eighth grade)	Secondary	BA (completion of college degree)	MA or higher	TOTAL
Very important	40.6% 110	32.4% 314	20.2% 242	18.5% 150	27.8% 25	25.2% 841
Rather important	16.2% 44	17.7% 172	15.2% 182	15.3% 124	17.8% 16	16.1% 538
Not very important	16.6% 45	16.5% 160	16.8% 201	22.5% 183	17.8% 16	18.1% 605
Not important at all	26.6% 72	33.4% 324	47.8% 572	43.7% 355	36.7% 33	40.6% 1356
TOTAL	100.0% 271	100.0% 970	100.0% 1197	100.0% 812	100.0% 90	3340

Household income (I-INCOME)

	First quintile	Second quintile	Third quintile	Fourth quintile	Fifth quintile	TOTAL
Very important	41.1% 145	7.8% 33	31.0% 305	9.9% 25	24.7% 330	25.0% 838
Rather important	17.0% 60	11.8% 50	18.7% 184	13.5% 34	15.6% 209	16.0% 537
Not very important	19.0% 67	12.5% 53	19.1% 188	19.0% 48	18.7% 250	18.1% 606
Not important at all	22.9% 81	67.8% 287	31.2% 307	57.5% 145	41.0% 549	40.9% 1369
TOTAL	100.0% 353	100.0% 423	100.0% 984	100.0% 252	100.0% 1338	3350

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Muslim	Christian	Jew	Other	TOTAL
Very important	25.0% 839	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	25.0% 839
Rather important	16.0% 538	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	16.0% 538
Not very important	18.0% 604	40.0% 2	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	18.0% 606
Not important at all	41.0% 1376	60.0% 3	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	41.0% 1379
TOTAL	100.0% 3357	100.0% 5	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	3362

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very important	25.8% 433	24.2% 408	25.0% 841
Rather important	15.8% 266	16.1% 272	16.0% 538
Not very important	20.2% 340	15.8% 266	18.0% 606
Not important at all	38.2% 641	43.9% 741	41.0% 1382
TOTAL	100.0% 1680	100.0% 1687	3367